Brackets for both
the N.C. High School Athletic Association and N.C. Independent Schools Athletic
Association football playoffs were released during the weekend. Here are
the match-ups for Lake Norman-area teams (local teams in bold):

NCHSAA1AANo. 5 Lake Norman Charter at No. 4 South Stokes

2ANo. 8 East Lincoln at No. 1 Starmount

2AA

No. 7 East Davidson
at No. 2 South Iredell

No. 6 Ashe County at No.
3 Bandys

4A

No. 8 Hopewell at No. 1 TC Roberson

No. 7 East Gaston at No.
2 Mooresville

4AA

No. 7 Lake Norman at No. 2 South Caldwell

NCISAA

Div. II

No. 8 Forsyth
Country Day atNo. 1 SouthLake
Christian

Div. III

No. 4 Fayetteville
Christian at No. 1 Davidson Day (to be played at Hopewell
High)

Volleyball

In the NCHSAA
playoffs, Bandys and Hough both lost in the fourth round of their respective
brackets.

2A

North Surry def. Bandys 3-2

4A

Watauga def. Hough 3-0

NCISAA

SouthLake Christian
wrapped up its season Saturday, losing its first match of the year in the 3A
state championship game against Charlotte Latin, which won its eighth
consecutive state title. The Eagles finished the year with a 27-1 record.

SouthLake Christian def. Charlotte Latin 3-0

Cross country

The NCHSAA
regionals were held Saturday. Lake Norman Charter and North Lincoln had a good
weekend, winning both the girls' and boys' West regional titles in the 1A and
2A classes, respectively.

The Knight boys were led by Michael Westbay
and Jordan Wallace, who finished third and fourth respectively in the
race. On the girls' side, Sarah Hardin won the regional title with a time of
20:18, while Stephanie Zaino finished second in the race.

North Lincoln's boys were led by regional
champion Chris Boyle and Andrew Fea, who finished second., while Savannah
Fornshell's second-place finish led the girls. East Lincoln finished second in
the boys' side and fourth in the girls' standings.

At the 4A regional races, Lake Norman and
Mooresville finished sixth and seventh in the boys' standings, while Hough
finished 10th, Hopewell 17th and North Mecklenburg 18th.The Wildcats' girls led
local teams, finishing sixth, while Hough was ninth. North Meck was 14th,
Mooresville 15th and Hopewell 16th.

The NCISAA state
championships were held this weekend. Davidson Day's girls had the best
outcome, finishing secon at the event. They were led
by Melissa Zammitti, who was fourth in the race,
and Rachel Bringewatt, who was eighth.The Patriot boys finished sixth at the event. SouthLake was 14th in the girls' side and 16th
in the boys' standings at the 2A races.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Hough and Bandys are the lone Lake Norman-area teams that survived the third round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association volleyball playoffs, as Lake Norman Charter (26-1) and Lake Norman (22-6) were eliminated in their respective brackets.

Lake Norman Charter's loss, to Randleman, in the 1A bracket was the team's first of the season.

Here are Thursday's results (with local teams in bold):

1A

Hendersonville def. Lake Norman Charter

3-2

2A

Bandys def. Randleman 3-0

4A

Watauga def. Lake Norman 3-0

Hough def. McDowell 3-1

Fourth-round games, the sectional championships, will take place Saturday. Hough (26-3) will travel to Boone to face Watauga (21-7), while Bandys (19-3) will play at North Surry (29-2) in Mount Airy for a trip to the state semifinals.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Lake Norman Charter lost
in the second round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association girls' tennis
dual playoffs, while Lake Norman High moved on to the third round.

1A

East Wilkes def. Lake
Norman Charter 5-1

4A

Lake Norman def. Northwest Guildford 6-0

Third round (Monday 4
p.m.)

Myers Park at Lake
Norman

NCHSAA volleyball

Four Lake Norman-area
teams moved on to the district round of the NCHSAA playoffs.

Still-undefeated Lake
Norman Charter (25-0) swept Avery 3-0, while I-Meck teams Lake Norman and Hough
defeated conference foes North Meck and Hopewell, respectively, to move on to
the third round of the playoffs.

Here are how local teams
fared Tuesday (local teams in bold):

1A

Lake Norman Charter def. Avery 3-0

2A

Mountain
Heritage def. North Lincoln 3-2

Newton
Conover def. East Lincoln 3-0

Bandys def. Piedmont 3-0

4A

Lake Norman def. North Meck 3-1

Hough def. Hopewell 3-0

Third
round (Thursday 7 p.m.)

Hendersonville
at Lake Norman Charter

Randleman
at Bandys

Watauga
at Lake Norman

Hough at McDowell

NCISAA volleyball

Davidson Day was upset
in its first-round game by Halifax Academy the N.C. Independent Schools
Athletic Association 2A volleyball playoffs. The Patriots lost 3-2.

Undefeated SouthLake Christian
(25-0) had a first-round bye and will play Forsyth Country Day in the 3A
quarterfinals at Cary Academy's SEA Gym Friday at 1 p.m.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Davidson Day is the 2A tournament's No. 6 seed after going 13-3 this season. The Patriots will host No. 11 seed Halifax Academy, which comes into the tournament with a 13-7 record.

SouthLake has a first-round bye after earning the No. 2 seed in the 3A tournament. The undefeated Eagles (25-0) will host the winner of the game between No. 7 Covenant Day (17-8) and No. 10 Forsyth Country Day (12-6).

NCHSAA volleyballLake Norman-area volleyball teams had a pretty good weekend. Of the nine local teams that made the N.C. High School Athletic Association playoffs, seven moved on to the second round of play. Here are the scores from Saturday's first-round matches:1ALake Norman Charter def. Mitchell 3-0Albemarle def. Lincoln Charter 3-0

Friday, October 21, 2011

Lake Norman-area girls' tennis squads had mixed results in the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association dual team playoffs, as only two of the six local teams moved on to the second round.

Lake Norman and Lake Norman Charter were the lone two teams who won their first-round matchups.

The Wildcats will travel to Northwest Guilford, while the Knights will host East Wilkes. Both teams will play Tuesday at 4 p.m.

The N.C. High School Athletic Association released its volleyball playoff brackets Thursday. First round of play begins Saturday.

Several Lake Norman-area squads made the postseason.

Lake Norman Charter, which was undefeated in its first season in the Southern Piedmont 1A/2A, claimed a No. 1 seed in the 1A playoffs, while Hough claimed a top seed in the 4A brackets after outlasting I-Meck co-champions Lake Norman in five sets 25-14, 21-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-10.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Behind Brittany Smith's 18-hole score of 83, the East Lincoln girls' golf team was crowned Southern Piedmont 1A/2A champions Monday. Tori Morgan, who shot a 102, and Taylor Johnson, who shot a 111, also scored for the Mustangs.

East Lincoln's final score of 296 was only one stroke better than runners-up Lake Norman Charter. The Knights were led by Maegan Ports, who shot an 88, as well as Kaelyn Pack and Brittany Buckstad.

North Lincoln, which finished the tournament with a score of 305, finished third.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

﻿ ﻿Davidson Day guard/forward Dorian Albritton committed to play basketball at Virginia Military Institute, the school announced Wednesday.

The 6-foot-4 senior averaged 11 points and five rebounds per game last season for the 22-10 Patriots.

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“It’s a great feeling to know that the hard work I’ve invested provided me with a number of college options,” said Albritton in a statement. “It was a challenging process, but I felt that VMI sets me up for success beyond graduation. Also, I was very impressed with the coaching staff. I really like their style of play.”

Albritton, who also considered Boston University, Yale, Colgate, Winthrop and New Hampshire, will sign his national letter of intent next month.

“I am very proud and excited for Dorian,” said Davidson Day boys' basketball coach Ron Johnson in a statement. “He's worked incredibly hard to earn this opportunity.”